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Roald Dahl How to Be a Writer: Splendiferous Stories

By Roald Dahl
Series: How to be a Writer
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Develop creative writing skills with inspiration from the world of Roald Dahl. Who can be a writer? You can! Start the story machine, choose your heroes and villains, and you're off—from brilliant beginnings and magnificent middles to excellent endings! These fun activities and writing prompts will... Read More
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Roald Dahl How to Be a Writer: Splendiferous Stories

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Develop creative writing skills with inspiration from the world of Roald Dahl.

Who can be a writer? You can! Start the story machine, choose your heroes and villains, and you're off—from brilliant beginnings and magnificent middles to excellent endings!

These fun activities and writing prompts will help to expand vocabulary and language skills. Find out how to set the scene, give your characters a voice, and guide them through the action. Top it off with a tremendous title, and by the end of this book you'll have written your very own splendiferous story.

Roald Dahl How to Be a Writer: Splendiferous Stories is your gateway to unlocking the storyteller within with delightful guidance and fun exercises tailored for budding writers.

Series: How to be a Writer

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241610800

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 17 April 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Puffin

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Quentin Blake
  • Illustrated by Quentin Blake
  • Illustrated by Quentin Blake

Audience: General / adult, Primary and secondary education, Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 202.0mm

Height: 247.0mm

Weight: 496g

Pages: 96

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About the Author

Roald Dahl (Author)
Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories.

Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
Quentin Blake has illustrated more than three hundred books and was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. In 1980 he won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted for services to illustration.

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